49370 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 161 / Wednesday, August 20, 2014 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 8827] 

In the Matter of the Designation of 

Mujahidin Shura Council in the 

Environs of Jerusalem (MSC); Also 

Known as MSC; Also Known as 

Mujahideen Shura Council in the 

Environs of Jerusalem; Also Known as 

Mujahideen Shura Council; Also 

Known as Majlis Shura al-Mujahedin Fi 

Aknaf Bayt al-Maqdis; Also Known as 

Majlis Shura al-Mujahidin; Also Known 

as Majlis Shura al-Mujahideen; Also 

Known as Magles Shoura al-Mujahddin 

as a Specially Designated Global 

Terrorist 

Acting under the authority of and in 

accordance with section 1(b) of 

Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 

2001, as amended by Executive Order 

13268 of July 2, 2002, and Executive 

Order 13284 of January 23, 2003, I 

hereby determine that the entity known 

as Mujahidin Shura Council in the 

Environs of Jerusalem (MSC), also 

known as MSC, also known as 

Mujahideen Shura Council in the 

Environs of Jerusalem, also known as 

Mujahideen Shura Council, also known 

as Majlis Shura al-Mujahedin Fi Aknaf 

Bayt al-Maqdis, also known as Majlis 

Shura al-Mujahidin, also known as 

Majlis Shura al-Mujahideen, also known 

as Magles Shoura al-Mujahddin, 

committed, or poses a significant risk of 

committing, acts of terrorism that 

threaten the security of U.S. nationals or 

the national security, foreign policy, or 

economy of the United States. 

Consistent with the determination in 

section 10 of Executive Order 13224 that 

‘‘prior notice to persons determined to 

be subject to the Order who might have 

a constitutional presence in the United 

States would render ineffectual the 

blocking and other measures authorized 

in the Order because of the ability to 

transfer funds instantaneously,’’ I 

determine that no prior notice needs to 

be provided to any person subject to this 

determination who might have a 

constitutional presence in the United 

States, because to do so would render 

ineffectual the measures authorized in 

the Order. 

This notice shall be published in the 

Federal Register. 

Dated: August 1, 2014. 

John F. Kerry, 

Secretary of State. 

[FR Doc. 2014–19776 Filed 8–19–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Office of Commercial Space 

Transportation; Notice of Availability 

of the Final Environmental 

Assessment (EA) for Issuing an 

Experimental Permit to Space 

Exploration Technologies Corp. 

(SpaceX) for Operation of the 

DragonFly Vehicle at the McGregor 

Test Site, McGregor, Texas, and 

Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI) 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended (NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 

4321, et seq.), Council on 

Environmental Quality NEPA 

implementing regulations (40 CFR Parts 

1500–1508), and FAA Order 1050.1E, 

Change 1, the FAA is announcing the 

availability of the Final EA for Issuing 

an Experimental Permit to SpaceX for 

Operation of the DragonFly Vehicle at 

the McGregor Test Site, McGregor, 

Texas, and FONSI. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Daniel Czelusniak, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Suite 325, Washington, DC 

20591; email 

Daniel.Czelusniak@faa.gov; or phone 

(202) 267–5924. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Final 

EA was prepared to analyze the 

potential environmental impacts of 

SpaceX’s proposal to conduct suborbital 

launches and landings of the DragonFly 

reusable launch vehicle (RLV) at the 

McGregor, Texas test site located in 

McLennan and Coryell Counties. To 

conduct this experimental testing, 

SpaceX must obtain an experimental 

permit from the FAA. Under the 

Proposed Action addressed in the EA, 

the FAA would issue an experimental 

permit to SpaceX, which would 

authorize SpaceX to conduct suborbital 

launches and landings of the DragonFly 

RLV from the McGregor test site. To 

support the DragonFly RLV activities 

under the experimental permit, SpaceX 

would construct a 40 foot (ft) by 40 ft 

launch pad. Therefore, the Proposed 

Action analyzed in the EA includes the 

activities that would be authorized by 

the experimental permit (i.e., the 

operation of the launch vehicle) as well 

as the construction of the launch pad. 

SpaceX anticipates the DragonFly RLV 

program would require up to two years 

to complete (2014–2015). Therefore, the 

Proposed Action considers one new 

permit and one potential permit 

renewal. A maximum of 30 annual 

operations are proposed in each year of 

operation. 

The Final EA addresses the potential 

environmental impacts of implementing 

the Proposed Action and the No Action 

Alternative. Under the No Action 

Alternative, the FAA would not issue an 

experimental permit to SpaceX for the 

operation of the DragonFly RLV at the 

McGregor test site. Existing SpaceX 

activities would continue at the 

McGregor test site, which include 

engine testing for the Falcon 9 launch 

vehicle. 

The impact categories considered in 

the Final EA include air quality; noise 

and compatible land use; Department of 

Transportation Act: Section 4(f); 

historical, architectural, archaeological, 

and cultural resources; fish, wildlife, 

and plants; water quality (surface 

waters, groundwater, wetlands, and 

floodplains); natural resources and 

energy supply; hazardous materials, 

pollution prevention, and solid waste; 

light emissions and visual impacts; and 

socioeconomics, environmental justice, 

and children’s environmental health 

and safety risks. The Final EA also 

considers the potential cumulative 

environmental impacts. 

The FAA has posted the Final EA and 

FONSI on the FAA Web site at http:// 

www.faa.gov/about/office_org/ 

headquarters_offices/ast/ 

environmental/review/permits/. 

The FAA published a Notice of 

Availability of the Draft EA in the 

Federal Register on May 21, 2014. A 

Notice of Availability of the Draft EA 

was also published in The McGregor 

Mirror on May 22, 2014. The FAA 

mailed copies of the Draft EA to the 

following agencies: Texas Historical 

Commission (State Historic Preservation 

Officer), Texas Commission on 

Environmental Quality, Texas Parks and 

Wildlife Department, and U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service. An electronic version 

of the Draft EA was also made available 

on the FAA Web site. In addition, the 

FAA printed and mailed a copy of the 

Draft EA to the McGinley Memorial 

Library, located at 317 Main Street, 

McGregor, Texas 76657. The public 

comment period ended on June 19, 

2014. The FAA received letters from the 

U.S. Department of Interior, Texas Parks 

and Wildlife Department, and Tonkawa 

Tribe of Oklahoma. The Final EA 

responds to all substantive comments 

and includes any changes or edits 

resulting from the comments received. 


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1FTA leveraged the resources of the U.S. 

Department of Commerce, National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST), through an 

interagency agreement currently in place, and had 

NIST conduct a supplier scouting resulting in a 

report completed by NIST of potential U.S.- 

manufacturers for the pad and rubber boot. 

Issued in Washington, DC on: August 12, 

2014. 

Daniel Murray, 

Manager, Space Transportation Development 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2014–19818 Filed 8–19–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

[Docket No. FTA–2014–0019] 

Notice of Proposed Buy America 

Waiver for the Pad and Rubber Boot of 

a Concrete Block Used in New York 

City Transit South Ferry Station’s Low 

Vibration Track System 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, 

DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed Buy America 

waiver and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: New York City Transit 

(NYCT), an agency of the Metropolitan 

Transportation Authority (MTA), has 

requested a Buy America waiver for the 

procurement of pads and rubber boots of 

a concrete block used in its Low 

Vibration Track (LVT) system on the 

basis of non-availability. The 

procurement for the pads and rubber 

boots are part of the South Ferry Station 

project. This notice is to inform the 

public of the waiver request and to seek 

public comment to inform FTA’s 

decision whether to grant the request. If 

granted, the waiver would be limited to 

this one procurement for the South 

Ferry Station project. The waiver would 

be conditioned upon the requirement 

that NYCT must complete the safety 

testing of U.S.-manufactured pads and 

rubber boots necessary to meets its 

specifications within the timeframe 

provided herein, and to substitute U.S.- 

manufactured pads and rubber boots for 

the foreign-made pads and rubber boots 

to the extent possible. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

August 27, 2014. Late-filed comments 

will be considered to the extent 

practicable. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit your 

comments by one of the following 

means, identifying your submissions by 

docket number FTA–2014–0019: 

1. Web site: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

on the U.S. Government electronic 

docket site. 

2. Fax: (202) 493–2251. 

3. Mail: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Docket Operations, M–30, 

West Building, Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

4. Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Docket Operations, M–30, 

West Building, Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

make reference to the ‘‘Federal Transit 

Administration’’ and include docket 

number FTA–2014–0019. Due to the 

security procedures in effect since 

October 2011, mail received through the 

U.S. Postal Service may be subject to 

delays. Parties making submissions 

responsive to this notice should 

consider using an express mail firm to 

ensure the prompt filing of any 

submissions not filed electronically or 

by hand. Note that all submissions 

received, including any personal 

information therein, will be posted 

without change or alteration to http://

www.regulations.gov. For more 

information, you may review DOT’s 

complete Privacy Act Statement in the 

Federal Register published April 11, 

2000 (65 FR 19477), or you may visit 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary J. Lee, Attorney-Advisor, at (202) 

366–0985 or mary.j.lee@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of this notice is to provide 

notice and seek comment on whether 

FTA should grant a non-availability 

waiver for the procurement of the pad 

and rubber boot of the concrete block 

used in NYCT’s LVT system for the 

South Ferry Station Project. 

With certain exceptions, FTA’s Buy 

America requirements prevent FTA 

from obligating an amount that may be 

appropriated to carry out its program for 

a project unless ‘‘the steel, iron, and 

manufactured goods used in the project 

are produced in the United States.’’ 49 

U.S.C. 5323(j)(1). A manufactured 

product is considered produced in the 

United States if: (1) The manufacturing 

processes for the product take place in 

the United States; and (2) the 

components of the product are of U.S. 

origin. A component is considered of 

U.S. origin if it is manufactured in the 

United States, regardless of the origin of 

its subcomponents. 49 CFR 661.5(d). If, 

however, FTA determines that ‘‘the 

steel, iron, and goods produced in the 

United States are not produced in a 

sufficient and reasonably available 

amount or are not of a satisfactory 

quality,’’ then FTA may issue a waiver 

(non-availability waiver). 49 U.S.C. 

5323(j)(2)(B); 49 CFR 661.7(c). 

On March 21, 2014, FTA granted a 

waiver for the pad and the rubber boot 

to MTA Capital Construction Company, 

a construction management company 

for MTA expansion projects that is 

responsible for managing NYCT’s 

Second Avenue Subway (SAS) Project. 

This waiver was limited to Phase 1 of 

the SAS Project and in granting the 

waiver FTA expressed its expectation 

that MTA would continue its good faith 

efforts to seek U.S. manufacturers of the 

pad and rubber boot. On April 29, 2014, 

FTA followed up with a letter and 

reiterated its expectations that MTA 

continue to seek U.S.-manufactured 

pads and rubber boots and provided its 

findings on potential U.S. 

manufacturers.1

On July 14, 2014, NYCT requested 

another Buy America waiver for the 

pads and rubber boots to be procured for 

its South Ferry Station project. While 

NYCT has been conducting its own 

searches for U.S. manufacturers to find 

a U.S.-made pad and rubber boot, and 

Construction Polymers Technologies, 

Inc. (CPT)—the manufacturer for the 

concrete block for which the pad and 

rubber boot are components—has found 

U.S. manufacturers, NYCT asserts that 

safety testing of U.S.-manufactured pads 

and boots must be conducted before 

they can be used in NYCT’s LVT 

system. NYCT represents that all of the 

necessary testing that it must undertake 

with respect to new and untested items 

such as the pad and the boot will take 

approximately three months after CPT 

conducts its own testing and produces 

its results. FTA has been informed that 

CPT expects to produce its test results 

to NYCT on or about September 15, 

2014. Accordingly, because of the 

timing of the contract award, which 

NYCT anticipates will occur by the end 

of September 2014, as well as the 

construction schedule, NYCT has 

requested a waiver. If the waiver is not 

granted, NYCT asserts that there would 

be no Buy America compliant items that 

also meet its safety specifications, 

which cannot be waived. 

The purpose of this notice is to 

publish the waiver request and seek 

public comment from all interested 

parties in accordance with 49 U.S.C. 

5323(j)(3)(A). Comments will help FTA 

understand completely the facts 

surrounding the request, including the 

effects of a potential waiver and the 

merits of the request. If the waiver is 


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